Our week started out with a feeling of accomplishment as we installed our LED mood lighting. A few months ago Don began prepping for this job and with our lighting finally arriving we could complete the job.A few months ago Don cut 1×2’s at an angle and mounted them into our furring strips. These 1x2s… Continue reading Everything Changed for us This Week – S04E13
Category: Eco
We only have one earth, lets try and take care of it.
First Night Sleeping in our Bus Conversion – S04E12
Over the last 2 weeks we have built our custom Murphy bed, designed and built bed side towers and built and installed our over bed cabinets. There are just a few steps let to finish off the bed room furniture so we cut down sanded 1/2 inch birch plywood to create the face for our overhead… Continue reading First Night Sleeping in our Bus Conversion – S04E12
Custom Murphy Bed for our Bus Conversion: Part 2 – S04E11
Don designed the basic frame of our bed (as seen in Part 1) in a 3D program and created a parts cut list. That worked great for that section of the Murphy Bed as it has no need to attach or fit to the form of the bus itself. For the structure attached to the… Continue reading Custom Murphy Bed for our Bus Conversion: Part 2 – S04E11
Custom Murphy Bed for our Bus Conversion: Part 1 – S04E10
Don and I spent a long time talking about what we wanted for our murphy bed in our bus. We always start with the ideal design and then figure out what is practical for tiny living and what compromises we are willing to make.We were able to check off almost all the boxes from our… Continue reading Custom Murphy Bed for our Bus Conversion: Part 1 – S04E10
Tiny Home Pilates Studio Build for our Bus Conversion – S04E09
Committing to convert a bus and to travel full-time confronted me (Mela) with a challenging obstacle – what would happen to my Pilates Studio in Los Angeles? I chose to sell my studio in order to pursue this dream of travel and a different kind of lifestyle. It’s hard to give up something you have… Continue reading Tiny Home Pilates Studio Build for our Bus Conversion – S04E09
Skylight Covers for our Bus Conversion – S04E08
It is Spring. The flowers are beginning to bloom and we are preparing our bus for the extreme heat and humidity of Summer by installing air conditioning and creating skylight covers to help keep the heat out. BUT this week the temperature dropped below freezing again and it snowed! Nevertheless, we must keep moving on… Continue reading Skylight Covers for our Bus Conversion – S04E08